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At one point that cougar is sitting on the log with his back turned to the dude. That's an unusual act for a cougar that is "hunting" I think. I would imagine also that most cougars that are "hunting" will do their utmost to stay out of sight of their prey until they can charge instead of just sitting behind a log out in the open. So I'm seriously doubting the "hunting" part. Maybe "I accidentally stumbled onto a cougar in the wild and now the cougar feels threatened and is considering attacking". But "hunting"? No.

This person got some great film but was woefully uninformed about encounters with bears, cougars, etc. As with many predators, a cougar may attack if cornered, if a fleeing human stimulates their instinct to chase, or if a person "plays dead." Standing still however may cause the cougar to consider a person easy prey. Exaggerating the threat to the animal through intense eye contact, loud shouting, and any other action to appear larger and more menacing, may make the animal retreat. Fighting back with sticks and rocks, or even bare hands, is often effective in persuading an attacking cougar to disengage. Fatal cougar attacks are extremely rare and occur much less frequently than fatal snake bites, fatal lightning strikes, or fatal bee stings. Children are particularly vulnerable. The majority of the child victims listed here were not accompanied by adults. 20 people, mostly children, have been killed in all of North America in the last 120+ years. A very colorful lady named Cougar Annie lived on the Wild Western Coast of Vancouver Island from age 27 to age 97, killing 50+ Cougars and 80+ bears to protect her chicken and goats......Geaux Cougs!!!!

While working in Corporate AK I lived 20 yrs in the AK wildness, bears in my yard, and went camping and fishing with 3000 Kodiak and Alaskan Grizzlies all around me. A Flare Gun is really all you need. Of course a couple of Rem Marine Mag 870s w/extended 9-shot slug barrels are comforting insurance. I find that 2-legged, upright, duplicitous, power-hungry, back-stabbing corporate beasts in good-ole-boy networks who call themselves Tigahs to be Much More Dangerous. They consolidate their power and ruin programs with failure to stay current in their profession. They are overpaid, fat, loud, stupid, and detestable.